Step Brothers is a movie that was released back in 2008. It was a somewhat funny, mediocre comedy starring Will Ferrell and John Reilly, and directed by Adam McKay. The inspiration for the story came from Ferrell and McKay.
To give you a synopsis, Brennan Huff and Dale Doback are two losers with nothing going for them in their lives. They’re in many ways grown up kids with no significant skills or direction in life.
Things take a drastic change for the two when their single parents meet. After a hot and torrid romance, the parents decide to get married and move in together. Brennan Huff and Dale Doback are suddenly stepbrothers.
At first the duo hates each other’s guts. They can’t stand the sight of one another. However they gradually start to find commonalities and start to like one another. They realize they have the same tastes in books, movies and even women.
The movie is funny and does get the audience going from time to time. Throughout the movie there were very few moments where the laughter was truly a belly-hurting laugh. Most of the time the laughs were from semi-funny jokes.
As with most ‘cheesy humour’ films, most of the jokes you can see coming from a mile off. The humour tends to be quite immature rather than witty. That said, the movie was quite funny.
Step Brothers is a great film to rent if you want to spend a night alone with a moderately entertaining film. It’s definitely not a family film or a modern-day classic, and probably isn’t a movie you would want to watch on a romantic date.
If you enjoy crass or over the top humour, Step Brothers might be for you. On the other hand, if you enjoy classier or more subtle humour, Step Brothers probably isn’t the movie you’re looking for.
The character development in this movie was actually quite good. The brothers’ interactions were very well done, their humour playing off each other flawlessly. The rest of the family played their part very well as well. Many of the jokes played off the dysfunctional family’s interactions.
